New Cardigans sampler

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xp Wish they would repress Gran Turismo. I've never seen it on Discogs for under $200.

billstevejim, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link

Jeez, not get all Bimble on your asses (did he like the Cardis? he loved The Sundays), but 'Long Gone Before Daylight' is an album to travel through life with, at your side.

monster mash, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link

Peter Svensson has been spending the last few years writing and producing for the likes of Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Carly Rae Jepsen, One Direction, etc.

MarkoP, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link

Nina released a solo album last year called Animal Heart. I didn't think it was that great. Would love a new Cardigans album.

It's great to see Long Gone Before Daylight has a bit of a following now. Such a gorgeous album.

I'm not sure about the repressing of Gran Turismo. People keep asking about vinyl reissues and they have responded with things along the lines of we've asked the record company but they're not interested. I was surprised to see Long Gone on the RSD list. Hopefully this will be the start of a reissue campaign if it sells well.

Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link

Why on Earth would anyone wanna listen to The Cardigans on Vinyl... besides Emmerdale and Life, which sound wonderful with surface noise!

Seriously, 'First Band on the Moon' onward. Why? Surface noise would ruin that album and forth on.

monster mash, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link

Really? I don't think it would ruin the sound at all. When I got into Gran Turismo, I just had a tape dubbed from a friend's CD copy so I guess I'm just used to hearing it that way. It's an album with lots of space and quiet parts, which is the kind of stuff I like hearing on vinyl.

billstevejim, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link

ahh. i respect your view.
this is a conversation for a different thread!

first couple albums sound wonderful on vinyl, but not the rest.

monster mash, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link

Peter Svensson has been spending the last few years writing and producing for the likes of Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Carly Rae Jepsen, One Direction, etc.

― MarkoP, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 10:30 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh rly? Which songs?

calstars, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link

one step ahead of you

http://www.discogs.com/artist/256765-Peter-Svensson?filter_anv=0&subtype=Production&type=Credits

You can almost hear him in there somewhere but it's a little depressing. Glad he's working though.

Milton Parker, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link

oh hey he's responsible for my favorite one direction song

insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link

wow...

calstars, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:17 (eight years ago) link

can't feel my face!

calstars, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 02:17 (eight years ago) link

one year passes...

Definitely got to break out the Cardigans in summertime

Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 30 June 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link

Good call. First Band queuing up 4 later

calstars, Saturday, 1 July 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link

Still waiting on the rest of those vinyl reissues I mentioned on this thread 18 months ago. That Long Gone Before Daylight reissue was wonderful. Emmerdale, Life and First Band On The Moon are the ones I would love to get. That's a brilliant run of albums.

kitchen person, Sunday, 2 July 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link

Yeah totally brilliant. I absolutely LOVE Gran Turismo too

Unchanging Window (Ross), Sunday, 2 July 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link

I could never get into Gran Turismo in the same way. I do love Higher, Explode, Paralyzed, Hanging Around and Erase/Rewind, I don't really rate much else. That second half in particular always seemed so forgettable apart from My Favourite Game.

kitchen person, Monday, 3 July 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link

Hey Kitchen, fair enough. I heard it as a highschooler and it blew my mind, perhaps it was a question of timing and nostalgia.

First time I heard Long Gone Before Daylight I thought it wasn't the Cardigans I knew and loved, but eventually was won over. The b-side THE ROAD rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv7yXB9iW5g

Unchanging Window (Ross), Monday, 3 July 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link

I think of Gran Turismo almost as a great album by a band who aren't Cardigans. Like, the direction of the band obviously changed majorly between Gran Turismo and the prior First Band On The Moon, but if you remove GT from the narrative, the change of direction seems slightly more logical.
I understand that when they tour they only do stuff from the last three albums now anyway.

boxedjoy, Monday, 3 July 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link

^ have they toured recently?

only last 3 albums is a total bummer.

Unchanging Window (Ross), Monday, 3 July 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link

I think they've been playing the odd date here and there over the last few years including some festivals. I'd love them to tour properly and make a new record.

Thanks for posting The Road. I've never heard that one before. They did have a few good B-sides. For The Boys from I Need Some Fine Wine is a good one too.

kitchen person, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 23:18 (six years ago) link

cool, I'll check that out :)

I'm a huge persson fan, love the first two A-CAMP records as well, was not sold on her last one however

Unchanging Window (Ross), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link

I love every song on Gran Turismo.

billstevejim, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link

I'm a huge persson fan, love the first two A-CAMP records as well, was not sold on her last one however

― Unchanging Window (Ross)

Yeah, her last solo album wasn't great apart from the title track. I love the first A-Camp album, I don't know the second one as well. I should give that and Gran Turismo more of a chance.

kitchen person, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

Can't stop listening to these guys at the moment. Long Gone Before Daylight will always be my favourite but Emmerdale and First Band On The Moon have been sounding so good recently.

In the last update about those reissues they said they're bringing out two B-side compilations too. Sounds good to me.

kitchen person, Sunday, 27 August 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link

nine months pass...

time to break out the cardigans

lost in sublimation (Ross), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link

Still waiting on those vinyl reissues!

kitchen person, Tuesday, 19 June 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link

i still rinse super extra gravity on the regular. losing a friend is such a ride of a song.

meaulnes, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link

lord that's the only record of theirs i haven't heard, what a mistake eh?

lost in sublimation (Ross), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 01:06 (five years ago) link

lgbd took a long time to grow on me, but once it did

lost in sublimation (Ross), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 01:06 (five years ago) link

Godspell, Don't Blame Your Daughter and I Need Some Fine Wine are three of the best songs they ever did.

kitchen person, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 01:13 (five years ago) link

gonna dload asap

still stan hard for their early material, especially sabbath bloody sabbath

lost in sublimation (Ross), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 01:13 (five years ago) link

20th anniversary of Gran Turismo being marked with a tour this winter

boxedjoy, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 08:29 (five years ago) link

.........holy shit

lost in sublimation (Ross), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 08:33 (five years ago) link

Lucky uk fans! Might have to fly out there tbh

lost in sublimation (Ross), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 08:35 (five years ago) link

Beaming with the announcement of the Manchester show. Beaming.

Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 12:03 (five years ago) link

oh neat-o, im in manchester. listening to gran turismo rn, only really played super extra gravity before all that much. it's fun, weird as ever -- i hope they play some more hits too though...

meaulnes, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link

Says they’re playing it in its entirety.
Hopefully they do an encore

lost in sublimation (Ross), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 13:12 (five years ago) link

if you want me, I'm your country

meaulnes, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link

Ya, hoping for loads of LGBD in the encore.

Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link

Or alternatively a LGBD UK tour in 5 years. Not that I'm greedy or anything.

Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link

yknow, i feel like the cardigans are such a middle ground pop band, and the songs aren't all that amazing, but theres something about them and the delivery that's compelling for me. i feel the same way about Metric, except emily haines' songs are leagues more lyrical - on their early work, at least... idk, i digress

meaulnes, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:58 (five years ago) link

dunno, cardigan's write great songs

mind how you go (Ross), Friday, 22 June 2018 08:30 (five years ago) link

Fantastic pop songs.

Got me tickets no problem - well apart from the fact that "service charges" exceeding a fiver should be legislated against in the Geneva Conventions.

Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:06 (five years ago) link

Oh damn. Enjoy the show

mind how you go (Ross), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:50 (five years ago) link

Thanks! I will no doubt be bumping this thread a few times prior to as I do the customary blasts through the discography.

Minister of the Pillow (fionnland), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:55 (five years ago) link

Keep bumping it

mind how you go (Ross), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:57 (five years ago) link

on my third/fourth playround of gran turismo and it delivers! explode is such a belter.

meaulnes, Friday, 22 June 2018 12:12 (five years ago) link

damn right

mind how you go (Ross), Friday, 22 June 2018 12:52 (five years ago) link

Going to the Glasgow show.

michaellambert, Friday, 22 June 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link


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